# Ruturaj Chaubey

> Full Stack Engineer with 3+ years of experience building scalable, high-performance web applications. Based in Pune, India.

Ruturaj Chaubey is a Full Stack Engineer at QED42, where he architects headless Drupal and Next.js solutions for enterprise clients including UNICEF and US-based organisations. He is an active Drupal community speaker and open source contributor.

- Email: ruturajchaubey16@gmail.com
- Location: Pune, India
- GitHub: https://github.com/RChaubey16
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/ruturajchaubey

## Skills & Technologies

Languages: TypeScript, JavaScript, Go, Python, PHP
Frontend: React, Next.js, Tailwind CSS
Backend: Node.js, NestJS, FastAPI, Drupal (headless/decoupled)
Databases & Infra: PostgreSQL, Supabase, Docker
CMS: Drupal, Sanity

## Experience

- Full Stack Engineer at QED42 — Architected headless Drupal + Next.js platforms for enterprise clients; led front-end for a UNICEF-affiliated product; mentored interns; delivered internal sessions on decoupled Drupal starter kits.
- Associate Engineer at QED42 — Built and maintained decoupled web applications; contributed to open source Drupal modules.
- Intern at QED42 — Learned Drupal development fundamentals and contributed to client projects.

## Work

- [Global EdTech Discovery Platform](https://ruturajchaubey.com/work/edtech-discovery-platform) — Led the complete frontend build of a UNICEF-backed global EdTech discovery platform. Headless Drupal CMS paired with a Next.js frontend designed to surface expert-curated digital learning tools for educators, policymakers, and governments worldwide. Role: Lead Frontend Engineer at QED42.
- [Knowbase — Multi-Tenant Knowledge Base SaaS](https://ruturajchaubey.com/work/knowbase) — Designed and built a multi-tenant knowledge base platform combining PostgreSQL full-text search with a fully async RAG pipeline (Jina AI + pgvector + Gemini) to let teams store, search, and query documents through keyword and AI-powered interfaces. Role: Solo Full Stack Engineer.
- [Prette — Ecommerce Marketplace for Sewists](https://ruturajchaubey.com/work/prette-ecommerce) — Built the full-stack integration layer for a Drupal Commerce-powered marketplace, connecting a Gatsby JS frontend to a headless Drupal backend via GraphQL — covering authentication, cart, wishlist, product pages, orders, and address management. Role: Full Stack Engineer at QED42.

## Projects

- [Knowbase](https://ruturajchaubey.com/projects) — Multi-tenant knowledge base SaaS where teams store and search documents using AI.
- [Atlas](https://ruturajchaubey.com/projects) — Production-style microservices backend built with NestJS demonstrating scalable architecture patterns.
- [Blink](https://ruturajchaubey.com/projects) — Fast, minimal URL shortener.
- [React Keyquence](https://ruturajchaubey.com/projects) — Lightweight React library for keyboard sequence detection.
- [What the Hex](https://ruturajchaubey.com/projects) — Fast color lookup tool for developers and designers.
- [DevConnector](https://ruturajchaubey.com/projects) — Social networking platform for developers.

## Blog

- [Building Knowbase, Part 1: Auth, Orgs, and the Multi-Tenant Foundation](https://ruturajchaubey.com/blog/building-knowbase-part-1) — How I designed the authentication layer and multi-tenant data model that everything else in Knowbase sits on top of.
- [Microservices with NestJS — A Practical Introduction](https://ruturajchaubey.com/blog/microservices-with-nestjs) — A walkthrough of what microservices are, when they make sense, and how to build one from scratch using NestJS.
- [Hello World](https://ruturajchaubey.com/blog/hello-world) — The first post on this blog — what to expect and why I'm writing.

## Talks

- Inside Drupal CMS 2.0: Visual Building, AI, and Site Templates
- Everything AI in Drupal: Past, Present, and What's Next
- From Static to Dynamic: Next.js Rendering Patterns with Drupal CMS
- All about Drupal CMS
- Transforming Experiences: A Guide to Transform API and Decoupled Layout Builder in Drupal

## Site Sections

- [Home](https://ruturajchaubey.com/) — Introduction, experience, projects, talks, writing, and photos.
- [Work](https://ruturajchaubey.com/work) — In-depth case studies of selected client and personal projects.
- [Projects](https://ruturajchaubey.com/projects) — Full list of personal and open source projects.
- [Blog](https://ruturajchaubey.com/blog) — Writing on software engineering, web development, and Drupal.
- [Talks](https://ruturajchaubey.com/talks) — Conference and community talks.
- [Photos](https://ruturajchaubey.com/photos) — A visual collection of moments.
- [Gears](https://ruturajchaubey.com/gears) — Hardware and software used daily.
- [Movies & TV](https://ruturajchaubey.com/movies) — Films and shows that inspire him.
- [Resume](https://ruturajchaubey.com/resume) — Full resume.